Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Noctuidae > Noctuinae > Noctuinae incertae sedis > Mudaria
Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893: Bombax ceiba, Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae), Gossypium (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Similiar species:
Mudaria Moore, 1893 species known from the Indian subcontinent
Mudaria albonotata (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893. E. Himalaya.
Mudaria fisherae Prout, 1928. Sri Lanka.
Mudaria leprosa (Hampson, 1898). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Mudaria leprosticta (Hampson, 1907). India; Sri Lanka.
Mudaria major (Warren, 1914). E. Himalaya, S. India.
Mudaria turbata (Walker, 1858). NE Himalaya.
References:
- OD: Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893. Indian Mus. Notes 3 (1): 69; TL: Calcutta. Text at https://archive.org/details/indianmuseumnot311893indi/page/69/mode/1up?view=theater
- Mudaria cornifrons; Hampson, 1910. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 226, # 4600, f. 87. Text & figure at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid09brituoft/page/226/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 245, # 1825.
- Pellinen, M., Mutanen, M. and Sihvonen, P., 2018. New species of genus Mudaria Moore, 1893 and the first record of Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893 from Thailand (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Zootaxa, 4500(2), pp.292-300. Fig. 6a-d for M. cornifrons.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=804706
Notes: Mudaria variabilis and Mudaria grisescens are similar species from external morphology. They can be separated by the shape of the frons and genitalia.Das et al. 2020 lists Mudaria major and Mudaria leprosticta from the Western Ghats. Mudaria cornifrons was described from N. India, and there are no published records of this species from the Western Ghats; hence provisionally identified as cornifrons.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/358283/Mudaria-cornifrons